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The Berenstain Bears
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
It's Christmastime in Bear Country, and Papa Bear is caught right in the middle of an ecological dilemma--every tree he picks to chop down is home to a fellow furred or feathered creature. Papa doesn't have the heart to make them homeless, and though he returns home enpty-handed, he does have a brilliant idea! Join in the holiday revelry as the Bears brighten their forest home with lots of bangles, bells, and colorful balls. This delightful reissue, which sold over 180,000 copies, will now have a stunning new cover to charm a whole new generation of Bear lovers.
68 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1980
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Stan Berenstain
880 books698 followersStan and Jan Berenstain (often called The Berenstains) were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears. Their son Mike Berenstain joined them as a creative team in the late 1980s.
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December 12, 2017
This is from 1980 and this feels like the original Berenstain Bears. Papa Bear reminds me of Homer Simpson. He does all the wrong things and of course it turns out ok in the end. Papa Bear is funny and Mama Bear lets him do Papa even though she knows it's disaster.
The Bears need a Christmas tree. The waited until the last day to get one - how strange. So instead of going to a Christmas tree lot, they head out into the wild. When they don't find it, they go back to the Tree lot and they are sold out. Still, there is a happy ending.
Christmas is more than simply a tree. The art is warm and filled with life. The kids loved this story and laughed at all the silly things Papa did. They loved the eagle nearly chopping up Papa.
A Good Christmas story.
The Bears need a Christmas tree. The waited until the last day to get one - how strange. So instead of going to a Christmas tree lot, they head out into the wild. When they don't find it, they go back to the Tree lot and they are sold out. Still, there is a happy ending.
Christmas is more than simply a tree. The art is warm and filled with life. The kids loved this story and laughed at all the silly things Papa did. They loved the eagle nearly chopping up Papa.
A Good Christmas story.
January 20, 2023
When we were growing up and my dad read this book to us, he always cried. I probably haven’t read it (or had it read to me) in close to forty years, so I was curious to see what affected my dad so much. Reading it to my own children tonight, on Christmas Eve, the answer isn’t clear: it’s a sweet book, but not one that tugged particularly at my heartstrings. I guess my dad is just a sweetie.
As a reading experience, it’s not bad. The artwork is loose and interesting, before the Berenstain style calcified into blandness. The text is also written in poetic form, which is fun, if not as well-done as Dr. Seuss’s work. I was surprised to see, however, the apparent addition of a more overtly Christian message to the story. I don’t remember ANY Christianity in the original, but like I said, it’s been a long time, and as a young Christian, I wouldn’t have found a Christian message to be particularly noteworthy.
I did, however, recently see the TV special the book was based on, and don’t remember any Bible messages. I also recently saw something on Twitter about Mike Berenstain, Stan and Jan’s son who took over the Berenstain business, pushing a God and Country theme into the books, so I looked it up. According to Wikipedia, “[ … A] newer storybook version [of “Christmas Tree”] was released by Zondervan in 2009. As part of the ‘Berenstain Bears Living Lights’ series, this new edition generally follows the original plot, but focuses more closely on the Christian aspect of the holiday, including depictions of a manger scene and several Bible verses in the updated text.”
As a reading experience, it’s not bad. The artwork is loose and interesting, before the Berenstain style calcified into blandness. The text is also written in poetic form, which is fun, if not as well-done as Dr. Seuss’s work. I was surprised to see, however, the apparent addition of a more overtly Christian message to the story. I don’t remember ANY Christianity in the original, but like I said, it’s been a long time, and as a young Christian, I wouldn’t have found a Christian message to be particularly noteworthy.
I did, however, recently see the TV special the book was based on, and don’t remember any Bible messages. I also recently saw something on Twitter about Mike Berenstain, Stan and Jan’s son who took over the Berenstain business, pushing a God and Country theme into the books, so I looked it up. According to Wikipedia, “[ … A] newer storybook version [of “Christmas Tree”] was released by Zondervan in 2009. As part of the ‘Berenstain Bears Living Lights’ series, this new edition generally follows the original plot, but focuses more closely on the Christian aspect of the holiday, including depictions of a manger scene and several Bible verses in the updated text.”
February 9, 2017
I couldn't stand that the summary gave away everything that happened. Why would they tell the ending of the story before anyone has even started reading? Finding out that they realize their tree house is the perfect tree and that they help others completely gave everything away.
It was cool how Dr. Seuss was Stan and Jan's editor when they first started out writing.
The pages were really colorful and had quite a lot of detail. The bears' feet looked weird though. They had bony heels, and the front curved down in a furry arc. It seems like every time I read a book the landscape and geography changes. It showed the town packed with stores and everything right on top of each other, then a little ways behind sat their house. Their house was never that close to town.
Mama looked absolutely ridiculous standing there with her arms crossed and eyes narrowed in judgment--like she does in every book. I was getting so sick of her know-it-all ways. And what was up with "tree things?" Why wouldn't he just call them ornaments?
I didn't know how I felt about them just changing words around as usual to make it for bears, like "bearlooms."
Idk what the reindeer and sleigh was supposed to be, but the reindeer were gold and had something on their head that looked like a trumpet and not antlers. Then their front legs were round objects that looked like wheels. The song "Tis the season to be furry es-pec-ially if you're a bear" was kind of stupid. It was clear it was modeled after the real song, but the words weren't good.
Brother and Sister were cute in their jackets and hats as they left to go tree shopping with Papa. It was funny how he didn't believe Mama when she said it would snow. "I always can tell if it's going to snow by a sharp shooting pain in my left big toe!" It was such a crazy thing to say, made funnier by the fact that we knew it was going to snow.
The rhyming dropped at places which jolted me out of the story.
"As for Gus and those trees
lying in stacks
not for us!" Papa said,
as he took up his ax.
"But Papa," said Brother,
"Mama knows best.
Grizzly Gus and his family
have surely been blessed
with the loveliest trees around."
"One of his trees?" said Papa.
"No way! I'll show you where
the best trees are
this chilly day."
Papa was cute as he was determinedly looking for a Christmas tree, peeking out of the jungle holding his ax.
The rhyming really dropped off.
"There was something important
that he was forgetting--
Christmas is for giving!
It isn't for getting.
Rhyming forgetting with getting. Not good enough.
And: "A time to think of each other neighbor and friend" didn't make sense.
There was so much repetition too.
"But, all that was forgotten
as they rounded a bend.
As they rounded the bend,
What did they see?"
Come on, why were the same words and phrases repeated right after each other?
It's crazy how a skunk was living in that tree that was so thin.
I felt bad for Papa who was looking chagrined while he was being glared at by all of the tree's residents. Then all of the cross swoop after him as he runs away with each bear tucked under his arm.
I didn't enjoy the writing at all. What with the twenty questions game of pointing out all of the things Papa hadn't realized about the Christmas of all of the animals. There was so much italicized, it had way too much emphasis and was exhausting to read.
What would they do?
Where would they have their holly and bells?
Their Christmas goodies? Their Christmas-y smells?
How would they enjoy their Christmas feast...
His head was so filled with his bangles and bells
his bright colored balls,
his tree things staked up in closets and halls,
that there just wasn't room for anything more.
Papa was cute saying he would do anything to find the perfect tree. He was swimming in a stream holding his ax above the water. He was also shown standing on a log that was about to go over the Niagara Falls. Also in the Sinister Bog, with eyes glowing out of the darkness.
Such big words were used. Impenetrable. Sedate. Regal. Simpler synonyms should have been found.
It was ridiculous how animals popped up out of this tree from nowhere. An eagle and hawk, who wouldn't live together, were at the top of the tree. Then there was an owl, and a wolf, and there had been no sign of any of these animals. I felt bad for Papa who was quivering with fear. That's when I got annoyed because there's nothing wrong with wanting the perfect tree, and it makes cutting down a tree look awful because it ruins the animals' Christmas, when animals don't recognize or even know what Christmas is and they sure don't decorate for it. This would give kids the idea that they shouldn't get Christmas trees because they must be home to a bunch of animals and those animals might attack people and they shouldn't even buy a tree at all.
The strip of the eagle taking the ax and then chasing after them, throwing it and it knocking his feet out from under him, chopping a tree down and splitting it in half was too much.
Papa found yet another tree, but saw a window and a snow bird living with its family. It was decorating a tree which was too silly.
"...busily trimming his Christmas tree with the help of the members of his family."
Why italicized?
It was neat how they decorated their tree with seeds they had gathered, and they had a dandelion blossom as the star.
Papa realized it was better to think of others, and decided to just go back and get one of the trees from the farm in town. It was cool how he chopped up skis for them all to get down the mountain.
It was awful how after all that, all of the trees were sold out. I felt Papa once again, always getting the short stick. He looked so disappointed.
When they got home all of the animals from before had decorated their house. Quite fantastical. They even got their sisters and brothers to help them. How did they know where the bears lived? And how did the other animals know what he did to the snowbirds?
It was nice that all of the bears in town were gathered around their house taking in the spirit of the holiday from the Christmas star in the sky.
It was hard to enjoy this one because the writing wasn't that good and the rhyming failed at a lot of places. Also, the stuff about the animals being in those trees were just too unrealistic to take.
It was cool how Dr. Seuss was Stan and Jan's editor when they first started out writing.
The pages were really colorful and had quite a lot of detail. The bears' feet looked weird though. They had bony heels, and the front curved down in a furry arc. It seems like every time I read a book the landscape and geography changes. It showed the town packed with stores and everything right on top of each other, then a little ways behind sat their house. Their house was never that close to town.
Mama looked absolutely ridiculous standing there with her arms crossed and eyes narrowed in judgment--like she does in every book. I was getting so sick of her know-it-all ways. And what was up with "tree things?" Why wouldn't he just call them ornaments?
I didn't know how I felt about them just changing words around as usual to make it for bears, like "bearlooms."
Idk what the reindeer and sleigh was supposed to be, but the reindeer were gold and had something on their head that looked like a trumpet and not antlers. Then their front legs were round objects that looked like wheels. The song "Tis the season to be furry es-pec-ially if you're a bear" was kind of stupid. It was clear it was modeled after the real song, but the words weren't good.
Brother and Sister were cute in their jackets and hats as they left to go tree shopping with Papa. It was funny how he didn't believe Mama when she said it would snow. "I always can tell if it's going to snow by a sharp shooting pain in my left big toe!" It was such a crazy thing to say, made funnier by the fact that we knew it was going to snow.
The rhyming dropped at places which jolted me out of the story.
"As for Gus and those trees
lying in stacks
not for us!" Papa said,
as he took up his ax.
"But Papa," said Brother,
"Mama knows best.
Grizzly Gus and his family
have surely been blessed
with the loveliest trees around."
"One of his trees?" said Papa.
"No way! I'll show you where
the best trees are
this chilly day."
Papa was cute as he was determinedly looking for a Christmas tree, peeking out of the jungle holding his ax.
The rhyming really dropped off.
"There was something important
that he was forgetting--
Christmas is for giving!
It isn't for getting.
Rhyming forgetting with getting. Not good enough.
And: "A time to think of each other neighbor and friend" didn't make sense.
There was so much repetition too.
"But, all that was forgotten
as they rounded a bend.
As they rounded the bend,
What did they see?"
Come on, why were the same words and phrases repeated right after each other?
It's crazy how a skunk was living in that tree that was so thin.
I felt bad for Papa who was looking chagrined while he was being glared at by all of the tree's residents. Then all of the cross swoop after him as he runs away with each bear tucked under his arm.
I didn't enjoy the writing at all. What with the twenty questions game of pointing out all of the things Papa hadn't realized about the Christmas of all of the animals. There was so much italicized, it had way too much emphasis and was exhausting to read.
What would they do?
Where would they have their holly and bells?
Their Christmas goodies? Their Christmas-y smells?
How would they enjoy their Christmas feast...
His head was so filled with his bangles and bells
his bright colored balls,
his tree things staked up in closets and halls,
that there just wasn't room for anything more.
Papa was cute saying he would do anything to find the perfect tree. He was swimming in a stream holding his ax above the water. He was also shown standing on a log that was about to go over the Niagara Falls. Also in the Sinister Bog, with eyes glowing out of the darkness.
Such big words were used. Impenetrable. Sedate. Regal. Simpler synonyms should have been found.
It was ridiculous how animals popped up out of this tree from nowhere. An eagle and hawk, who wouldn't live together, were at the top of the tree. Then there was an owl, and a wolf, and there had been no sign of any of these animals. I felt bad for Papa who was quivering with fear. That's when I got annoyed because there's nothing wrong with wanting the perfect tree, and it makes cutting down a tree look awful because it ruins the animals' Christmas, when animals don't recognize or even know what Christmas is and they sure don't decorate for it. This would give kids the idea that they shouldn't get Christmas trees because they must be home to a bunch of animals and those animals might attack people and they shouldn't even buy a tree at all.
The strip of the eagle taking the ax and then chasing after them, throwing it and it knocking his feet out from under him, chopping a tree down and splitting it in half was too much.
Papa found yet another tree, but saw a window and a snow bird living with its family. It was decorating a tree which was too silly.
"...busily trimming his Christmas tree with the help of the members of his family."
Why italicized?
It was neat how they decorated their tree with seeds they had gathered, and they had a dandelion blossom as the star.
Papa realized it was better to think of others, and decided to just go back and get one of the trees from the farm in town. It was cool how he chopped up skis for them all to get down the mountain.
It was awful how after all that, all of the trees were sold out. I felt Papa once again, always getting the short stick. He looked so disappointed.
When they got home all of the animals from before had decorated their house. Quite fantastical. They even got their sisters and brothers to help them. How did they know where the bears lived? And how did the other animals know what he did to the snowbirds?
It was nice that all of the bears in town were gathered around their house taking in the spirit of the holiday from the Christmas star in the sky.
It was hard to enjoy this one because the writing wasn't that good and the rhyming failed at a lot of places. Also, the stuff about the animals being in those trees were just too unrealistic to take.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 19, 2025
I remember this in school
February 5, 2017
Love the pages of their town, and all the Christmas decorations.
The little shops, like Bearwear.'
Instantly the rhymes were strange.
'The waiting was down to ten hours and counting.' They waited 10 hours before!!
'A magnificent Christmas salmon was caught.'
The cubs made paper chains of yellow, and green, which I expect was just do green could rhyme with scene, because yellow and green aren't Christmas colors.
They're just getting the tree 10 hours before Christmas?!?
'For the bears to hang their tree things by hooks.
"The tree things!" Cried Pop with the jolliest shout. "Our wonderful tree things!"
Why are they called tree things, and not ornaments??
Here we go again with the nom's weird facial expressions. Her eyes are slitted and her arms are crossed and I don't understand it.
I like the 'bearlooms.'
The musical bear singing 'Tis the season to be furry Es-pec-Ially if you're a bear.
Their tree was very pretty and colorful.
I didn't understand why it said 'all that they needed now--was the tree!' Because I thought they had been decorating. I didn't realize until I flipped back that Pa was imagining the tree in his head.
"Now be sure to dress warmly," said wise Mama Bear. "There's more than a hint of snow in the air." I wish she had another description besides wise.
That's funny he can tell snow by a pain in his big left toe.
'"Mama knows best. Grizzly Gus and his family have surely been blessed with the loveliest trees around."' So she knows the best trees, and the weather.
This didn't rhyme: "mama knows best. Grizzly Gus and his family have surely been blessed
With the loveliest trees around."
"One of his trees?" Said Papa.
"No, way! I'll show you where
The best trees are
This chilly day."
-it's funny it said Papa 'did whatever came into his head.'
-what is the Panama Isthmus?
Papa looks funny with his ax in the plants, looking like he's in the jungle.
The tree they found looked so tall and big. I love the swirls of the branches. But on the next page, the tree got a lot smaller.
There's no way a skunk, squirrels, grouse and a small chipmunk lived in the trunk. & 26 crows in the top.
I love the rhymes of him saying 'I will ford any stream! Climb any hill. Go over Niagara Falls on a log!
Penetrate the impenetrable fog!
Brave the terrors of Sinister Bog!'
I like the line where he says he wants the tree 'straight, green, and tall...' 'And at that very moment, the snow Mom predicted started to fall.'
-eagles, hawks, a wolf and an owl would not be in the same tree.
It was funny how scared Papa looked as the wolf and birds howl, even though birds can't howl...
And after he declares "no, that tree back the wasn't quite it. Its green was too green, and it leaned a bit."
-'completely ignoring Papa's big toe,
The snow had become a really big snow!'
'In a snow like this, a bear could get buried!"
'What Papa saw
Through the driving snow
Was a tiny window!
Within: a glow.'
He looks in and sees the birds decorating their twig with seeds. & he finally sees Christmas in a different way. His face is funny with the tear coming down.
He decides to go to Grizzly Gus for a tree, and cuts them skis.
They don't look animated as they ski down the hill.
I had a feeling there wouldn't be any trees there!
I was shocked to see all those animals had decorated their house. Because they 'were returning the kindness Pa showed those snowbirds.' But he did the same to the others. He went to raise his ax but didn't when he found they were homes. Although he didn't try to take a swing at the birds. How did they know where they lived?
It's pretty with the Christmas star over their house, and the snowy mountains.
The little shops, like Bearwear.'
Instantly the rhymes were strange.
'The waiting was down to ten hours and counting.' They waited 10 hours before!!
'A magnificent Christmas salmon was caught.'
The cubs made paper chains of yellow, and green, which I expect was just do green could rhyme with scene, because yellow and green aren't Christmas colors.
They're just getting the tree 10 hours before Christmas?!?
'For the bears to hang their tree things by hooks.
"The tree things!" Cried Pop with the jolliest shout. "Our wonderful tree things!"
Why are they called tree things, and not ornaments??
Here we go again with the nom's weird facial expressions. Her eyes are slitted and her arms are crossed and I don't understand it.
I like the 'bearlooms.'
The musical bear singing 'Tis the season to be furry Es-pec-Ially if you're a bear.
Their tree was very pretty and colorful.
I didn't understand why it said 'all that they needed now--was the tree!' Because I thought they had been decorating. I didn't realize until I flipped back that Pa was imagining the tree in his head.
"Now be sure to dress warmly," said wise Mama Bear. "There's more than a hint of snow in the air." I wish she had another description besides wise.
That's funny he can tell snow by a pain in his big left toe.
'"Mama knows best. Grizzly Gus and his family have surely been blessed with the loveliest trees around."' So she knows the best trees, and the weather.
This didn't rhyme: "mama knows best. Grizzly Gus and his family have surely been blessed
With the loveliest trees around."
"One of his trees?" Said Papa.
"No, way! I'll show you where
The best trees are
This chilly day."
-it's funny it said Papa 'did whatever came into his head.'
-what is the Panama Isthmus?
Papa looks funny with his ax in the plants, looking like he's in the jungle.
The tree they found looked so tall and big. I love the swirls of the branches. But on the next page, the tree got a lot smaller.
There's no way a skunk, squirrels, grouse and a small chipmunk lived in the trunk. & 26 crows in the top.
I love the rhymes of him saying 'I will ford any stream! Climb any hill. Go over Niagara Falls on a log!
Penetrate the impenetrable fog!
Brave the terrors of Sinister Bog!'
I like the line where he says he wants the tree 'straight, green, and tall...' 'And at that very moment, the snow Mom predicted started to fall.'
-eagles, hawks, a wolf and an owl would not be in the same tree.
It was funny how scared Papa looked as the wolf and birds howl, even though birds can't howl...
And after he declares "no, that tree back the wasn't quite it. Its green was too green, and it leaned a bit."
-'completely ignoring Papa's big toe,
The snow had become a really big snow!'
'In a snow like this, a bear could get buried!"
'What Papa saw
Through the driving snow
Was a tiny window!
Within: a glow.'
He looks in and sees the birds decorating their twig with seeds. & he finally sees Christmas in a different way. His face is funny with the tear coming down.
He decides to go to Grizzly Gus for a tree, and cuts them skis.
They don't look animated as they ski down the hill.
I had a feeling there wouldn't be any trees there!
I was shocked to see all those animals had decorated their house. Because they 'were returning the kindness Pa showed those snowbirds.' But he did the same to the others. He went to raise his ax but didn't when he found they were homes. Although he didn't try to take a swing at the birds. How did they know where they lived?
It's pretty with the Christmas star over their house, and the snowy mountains.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 24, 2008
One of my favorite Christmas books! Typical of the series Papa Bear is the buffoon here, waiting until the last minute to search for the 'perfect" tree, his cubs imploring him to settle for a tree from the lot. You'll guess the ending but enjoy the journey anyway. Terrific illustrations.
December 14, 2010
This is a great story to share with your children about the true meaning of Christmas. Papa takes Brother and Sister on a search for a Christmas tree and learns to put his forest friends needs ahead of his want of a perfect tree.
December 19, 2023
4 stars.
Such a beautiful Christmas story with a very heartfelt message about what Christmas is truly about.
I've always been a Berenstain Bears fan so I wasn't surprised to really enjoy this aswell.
If you want your child, or yourself, to be reminded of what Christmas is really about, then I highly recommend this picture book.
Also can we just take a moment to appreciate how stunning and gorgeous the colours in this book are!
Such a beautiful Christmas story with a very heartfelt message about what Christmas is truly about.
I've always been a Berenstain Bears fan so I wasn't surprised to really enjoy this aswell.
If you want your child, or yourself, to be reminded of what Christmas is really about, then I highly recommend this picture book.
Also can we just take a moment to appreciate how stunning and gorgeous the colours in this book are!
January 12, 2019
Illustrations-perfect Moral-Perfect Rhymes-perfect
December 23, 2020
Another good story about the Berenstain Bears
December 11, 2022
Great book with a great message
December 22, 2022
We love those book at Christmas!
June 15, 2013
After being completely delighted with the HarperCollins' The Berenstain Bears' Old-Fashioned Christmas las year I started to look into other "big" Berenstain Bears books. Most of my experience from my own youth stuck with the 8x8 early readers. I was excited and intrigued to discover an older Christian Christmas themed big book from Zondervan and couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Now I might be wrong, but I believe I saw this book was originally released in the secular market in 1980 through Random House and then later after some edits and additions through the Christian market and Zondervan. I am one of those persons who does love the Christian Living Lights series and I enjoyed this one and it's message on the importance of giving. I was surprised as being a Christian Christmas storybook I expected more mention of Jesus' birth, but reading the publishing history explains that a bit I think. However I think this is an excellent read for morals and values.
- this is a non-jacketed hardcover.
*Thanks to Zondervan for providing a copy for review.*
posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2...
- this is a non-jacketed hardcover.
*Thanks to Zondervan for providing a copy for review.*
posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2...
December 21, 2009
This is a nice, though a bit long, story about the Berenstain Bears out searching for the perfect Christmas tree. Of course Papa Bear finally learns a lesson that Mama had been trying to tell him all along, but he was too single-minded to pay any attention. This book came with an audiocassette recording of the story and we listened to it a few times in the car, while our girls looked through the pages of the book.
December 24, 2008
Cute holiday read. It's all about finding the true spirit of the holidays and about giving being more meaningful than receiving (as Papa finds out the hard way, as always). It's also about not cutting down trees that other creatures may reside in just to snazz up the inside of your own tree. Most of the test is in an inconsistent rhyming verse. Every page also is illustrated.
April 28, 2013
★★★★The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Christmas, Berenstain Bear style. Papa takes Brother and Sister bear out to look for the perfect tree. Ofcourse, he has waited til the last minute, and now he can't decide. His issue, every tree he chooses is someones home.
Christmas, Berenstain Bear style. Papa takes Brother and Sister bear out to look for the perfect tree. Ofcourse, he has waited til the last minute, and now he can't decide. His issue, every tree he chooses is someones home.
August 16, 2015
Goodness. Was there ever a LONGER WORDIER Christmas story? This took forever to read aloud!
In the end, Papa Bear learns an important lesson--that family and kindness are more important than having a giant Christmas tree.
In the end, Papa Bear learns an important lesson--that family and kindness are more important than having a giant Christmas tree.
February 9, 2017
Who waits until 10 hours before Christmas to start looking for a tree?!? Also, the story was way too long. I know kids love the Berenstain Bears, but I don't know how many of them would make it through this whole book.
August 22, 2007
Love this happy book!
own
November 5, 2007From mom's collection - different cover, around 1980.
December 26, 2008
re-read the book Sun 11.15.09
I liked the part when Papa bear looks inside the tree and sees tiny snow birds and remembers what Christmas is really about.
I liked the part when Papa bear looks inside the tree and sees tiny snow birds and remembers what Christmas is really about.
May 17, 2010
Papa Bear goes on the hunt for the perfect Christmas tree.
April 12, 2012
We love all the berenstain bear books!
December 2, 2013
A leftover from Rodell Christmas past.
Read
December 10, 2012Another good one for the season.
December 7, 2013
I just love how Papa Bear is such a big softie!
December 4, 2014
Slightly over-long and has some really weird rhyme schemes, but a fairly cute Christmas story. Papa Bear is kind of a jerk.
December 11, 2015
A bit long for my taste, but the adventure was great!
AR 3.6
AR 3.6
September 24, 2016
Christmas time has arrived and the Berenstain Bear family needs a Christmas tree. This was a fun seasonal book to read.
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